Gate v Crawley

[blade too long]

Bottom of the league , shite draw opposition whose fans are travelling up in a Smart car
oodles of delussioned fans
Friday night, many people going out as a preferred option

lowest crowd for 30 odd years beckons

ps Im working and cant be bothered to swap shifts

 

[blade too long]

if you thought the league table was depressing , form guides even worse
http://stats.football365.co.uk/dom/ENG/D2/oform.html

 

[Bath Blade]

There will surely be more there than the 9,000 against Port Vale in Heath's last match, and any idea how many were there for Bassett's last match (Huddersfield?) - as I recall that crowd being rather sparse.

 

[Zanzibar]

Bottom of the league , shite draw opposition whose fans are travelling up in a Smart car
oodles of delussioned fans
Friday night, many people going out as a preferred option

lowest crowd for 30 odd years beckons

ps Im working and cant be bothered to swap shifts

No evidence, but it could be a very quite night.

 

[blade too long]

well we enter October without a forward having scored a goal , that must be a record of some sort

 

[Ted Danson]

Wont be the lowest crowd as season tickets count even if people dont go. Thought I was away but now its on Friday Im here so going to have to go. Have to make a long trip to the boozer first and maybe neck a few valium to help me get through it.

 

[Darren]

well we enter October without a forward having scored a goal , that must be a record of some sort

It all depends how you define a forward, but going back to 61-62, I would say our first foward to score was as follows:

61-2 Game 1 Pace
62-3 Game 1 Pace
63-4 Game 1 Pace
64-5 Game 3 Jones
65-6 Game 1 Birchenall
66-7 Game 3 Reece , of if he counts as a winger, game 5 Birchenall
67-8 Game 1 Jones
68-9 Game 1 Woodward
69-70 Game 1 Reece/Woodward
70-1 Game 1 Addison
71-2 Game 1 Woodward
72-3 Game 1 Woodward
73-4 Game 3 Woodward
74-5 Game 1 Cammack
75-6 Game 3 Guthrie
76-7 Game 2 Edwards
77-8 Game 1 Edwards/Campbell
78-9 Game 1 Stainrod
79-80 Game 1 Brown
80-81 Game 1 Hatton
81-2 Game 1 Neville
82-3 Game 1 Edwards
83-4 Game 1 Edwards
84-5 Game 1 Edwards
85-6 Game 1 Morris (playing as part of a front rather than on the wing)
86-7 Game 3 Philliskirk
87-8 Game 3 Cadette
88-9 Game 1 Joseph/Deane
89-90 Game 1 Agana/Deane
90-1 Game 1 Deane
91-2 Game 1 Deane
92-3 Game 1 Deane
93-4 Game 3 Cork
94-5 Game 1 Flo
95-6 Game 1 Blake
96-7 Game 2 Taylor/Walker
97-8 Game 1 Fjortoft
98-9 Game 2 Saunders
99-00 Game 4 Smith
00-01 Game 3 Bent
01-02 Game 3 D'Jaffo
02-03 Game 1 Asaba
03-04 Game 4 Allison
04-05 Game 1 Gray
05-06 Game 1 Gray/Kabba
06-07 Game 1 Hulse
07-08 Game 1 Beattie
08-09 Game 2 Sharp
09-10 Game 2 Evans
10-11 Game 1 Evans
11-12 Game 1 Cresswell
12-13 Game 2 Blackman

 

[Sharrowblade]

I don't think anyone who went to the Preston game, actually thought the attendance was 16,000, and Preston brought about 2,000 looking at the away end. Friday will be much worse, football boards can give leeway at times in regards to results, but falling attendances is the quickest way to be shown the door.

As always come friday I'll be looking forward to it,... but its last chance saloon for DW.

 

[blade too long]

well theres a default 12000 season ticket holders counted but if 10% of these stay away a gate of 14000 might only be say 12500

If we lose he has to go or theyll be a shoe flying at weirs head , apparently theyll understand that

 

[blade too long]

It all depends how you define a forward, but going back to 61-62, I would say our first foward to score was as follows:

61-2 Game 1 Pace
62-3 Game 1 Pace
63-4 Game 1 Pace
64-5 Game 3 Jones
65-6 Game 1 Birchenall
66-7 Game 3 Reece , of if he counts as a winger, game 5 Birchenall
67-8 Game 1 Jones
68-9 Game 1 Woodward
69-70 Game 1 Reece/Woodward
70-1 Game 1 Addison
71-2 Game 1 Woodward
72-3 Game 1 Woodward
73-4 Game 3 Woodward
74-5 Game 1 Cammack
75-6 Game 3 Guthrie
76-7 Game 2 Edwards
77-8 Game 1 Edwards/Campbell
78-9 Game 1 Stainrod
79-80 Game 1 Brown
80-81 Game 1 Hatton
81-2 Game 1 Neville
82-3 Game 1 Edwards
83-4 Game 1 Edwards
84-5 Game 1 Edwards
85-6 Game 1 Morris (playing as part of a front rather than on the wing)
86-7 Game 3 Philliskirk
87-8 Game 3 Cadette
88-9 Game 1 Joseph/Deane
89-90 Game 1 Agana/Deane
90-1 Game 1 Deane
91-2 Game 1 Deane
92-3 Game 1 Deane
93-4 Game 3 Cork
94-5 Game 1 Flo
95-6 Game 1 Blake
96-7 Game 2 Taylor/Walker
97-8 Game 1 Fjortoft
98-9 Game 2 Saunders
99-00 Game 4 Smith
00-01 Game 3 Bent
01-02 Game 3 D'Jaffo
02-03 Game 1 Asaba
03-04 Game 4 Allison
04-05 Game 1 Gray
05-06 Game 1 Gray/Kabba
06-07 Game 1 Hulse
07-08 Game 1 Beattie
08-09 Game 2 Sharp
09-10 Game 2 Evans
10-11 Game 1 Evans
11-12 Game 1 Cresswell
12-13 Game 2 Blackman

you been waiting for a comment like mine to post that , havent you, seen all of those goals , makes you feel old dont it

 

[Kenilworth]

Is it on Telly

 

[blade too long]

yes its live on saudi arabian tv channel 1 and crawley public tv channel

 

[judge]

What is a crawley ?

 

[Sothall_Blade]

It all depends how you define a forward, but going back to 61-62, I would say our first foward to score was as follows:

61-2 Game 1 Pace
62-3 Game 1 Pace
63-4 Game 1 Pace
64-5 Game 3 Jones
65-6 Game 1 Birchenall
66-7 Game 3 Reece , of if he counts as a winger, game 5 Birchenall
67-8 Game 1 Jones
68-9 Game 1 Woodward
69-70 Game 1 Reece/Woodward
70-1 Game 1 Addison
71-2 Game 1 Woodward
72-3 Game 1 Woodward
73-4 Game 3 Woodward
74-5 Game 1 Cammack
75-6 Game 3 Guthrie
76-7 Game 2 Edwards
77-8 Game 1 Edwards/Campbell
78-9 Game 1 Stainrod
79-80 Game 1 Brown
80-81 Game 1 Hatton
81-2 Game 1 Neville
82-3 Game 1 Edwards
83-4 Game 1 Edwards
84-5 Game 1 Edwards
85-6 Game 1 Morris (playing as part of a front rather than on the wing)
86-7 Game 3 Philliskirk
87-8 Game 3 Cadette
88-9 Game 1 Joseph/Deane
89-90 Game 1 Agana/Deane
90-1 Game 1 Deane
91-2 Game 1 Deane
92-3 Game 1 Deane
93-4 Game 3 Cork
94-5 Game 1 Flo
95-6 Game 1 Blake
96-7 Game 2 Taylor/Walker
97-8 Game 1 Fjortoft
98-9 Game 2 Saunders
99-00 Game 4 Smith
00-01 Game 3 Bent
01-02 Game 3 D'Jaffo
02-03 Game 1 Asaba
03-04 Game 4 Allison
04-05 Game 1 Gray
05-06 Game 1 Gray/Kabba
06-07 Game 1 Hulse
07-08 Game 1 Beattie
08-09 Game 2 Sharp
09-10 Game 2 Evans
10-11 Game 1 Evans
11-12 Game 1 Cresswell
12-13 Game 2 Blackman

I thought Woodward was a right winger?

 

[blade too long]

I thought Woodward was a right winger?

in those days you played 235, you had 5 forwards wingers inside forwards and a centre forward
thats why it was better, much more offensive

 

[blade too long]

What is a crawley ?

an entomologist caught soliciting a prostitue would be Crawley creepy crawley man caught kerb crawling, the creep

 

[2ndtenorblade]

I thought Woodward was a right winger?

He's from Barnsley, must be a labour supporter.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

in those days you played 235, you had 5 forwards wingers inside forwards and a centre forward
thats why it was better, much more offensive

What in 1973!?
A full 7 years after Ramsay's 4-4-2 "wingless wonders" won the World Cup?
I think 2-3-5 had pretty much died out by the 70's BTL.
No doubt a more senior Blade can either confirm or deny

 

[Darren]

He's from Barnsley, must be a labour supporter.

Chapeltown actually

 

[blade too long]

He's from Barnsley, must be a labour supporter.

might be from silkstone , could be a tory

 

[blade too long]

What in 1973!?
A full 7 years after Ramsay's 4-4-2 "wingless wonders" won the World Cup?
I think 2-3-5 had pretty much died out by the 70's BTL.
No doubt a more senior Blade can either confirm or deny

he startedas an attacking winger mid sixties , he was and always will be a forward

 

[Darren]

What in 1973!?
A full 7 years after Ramsay's 4-4-2 "wingless wonders" won the World Cup?
I think 2-3-5 had pretty much died out by the 70's BTL.
No doubt a more senior Blade can either confirm or deny

By the time Woodward played 2-3-5 had longed died out. Most teams player 4-2-4 or 4-3-3. We tended to play the former with our forwards in the mid 60's when Woody first came through being Woodward/Jones/Birchenall/Reece.

We started playing 4-3-3 in the early 70's, with the promotion winning forward line being Woodward-Dearden-Reece. Woody continued to play as a forward until we were relegated in 1976 when he started to play midfield in a 4-4-2 line up.

 

[blade too long]

dont think there was definite coaching into formations till Revie and his ilk ruined football, was 11 v 11 , no subs and gung ho most of the time and better for it , all this opta stats shit is an americanisation of a once beautiful sport, coaches like Big Sam counting squares from overhead cameras is an affront to genuine talent

footballers are measured on body fat ratos and speed above built in talent today , bores the shit out of me

 

[WhiteHawk]

It all depends how you define a forward, but going back to 61-62, I would say our first foward to score was as follows:

61-2 Game 1 Pace
62-3 Game 1 Pace
63-4 Game 1 Pace
64-5 Game 3 Jones
65-6 Game 1 Birchenall
66-7 Game 3 Reece , of if he counts as a winger, game 5 Birchenall
67-8 Game 1 Jones
68-9 Game 1 Woodward
69-70 Game 1 Reece/Woodward
70-1 Game 1 Addison
71-2 Game 1 Woodward
72-3 Game 1 Woodward
73-4 Game 3 Woodward
74-5 Game 1 Cammack
75-6 Game 3 Guthrie
76-7 Game 2 Edwards
77-8 Game 1 Edwards/Campbell
78-9 Game 1 Stainrod
79-80 Game 1 Brown
80-81 Game 1 Hatton
81-2 Game 1 Neville
82-3 Game 1 Edwards
83-4 Game 1 Edwards
84-5 Game 1 Edwards
85-6 Game 1 Morris (playing as part of a front rather than on the wing)
86-7 Game 3 Philliskirk
87-8 Game 3 Cadette
88-9 Game 1 Joseph/Deane
89-90 Game 1 Agana/Deane
90-1 Game 1 Deane
91-2 Game 1 Deane
92-3 Game 1 Deane
93-4 Game 3 Cork
94-5 Game 1 Flo
95-6 Game 1 Blake
96-7 Game 2 Taylor/Walker
97-8 Game 1 Fjortoft
98-9 Game 2 Saunders
99-00 Game 4 Smith
00-01 Game 3 Bent
01-02 Game 3 D'Jaffo
02-03 Game 1 Asaba
03-04 Game 4 Allison
04-05 Game 1 Gray
05-06 Game 1 Gray/Kabba
06-07 Game 1 Hulse
07-08 Game 1 Beattie
08-09 Game 2 Sharp
09-10 Game 2 Evans
10-11 Game 1 Evans
11-12 Game 1 Cresswell
12-13 Game 2 Blackman

How do you know all this stuff?!

 

[Kenilworth]

How do you know all this stuff?!

Haven't you heard? He's pretty much anal about most things

 

[Darren]

Haven't you heard? He's pretty much anal about most things

Yes, as you found out last Tuesday....

 

[Jon Bon]

Is it on Telly

Who loves ya Baby...

 

[Kenilworth]

Yes, as you found out last Tuesday....

Ssshhh!

 

[Jehovah]

Seriously considering not going. After that boring utter Shit against preston, I don't think I want to waste more money.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

if you thought the league table was depressing , form guides even worse
http://stats.football365.co.uk/dom/ENG/D2/oform.html

Not looked but assume form guide has us below bottom?